Improvement in bale-ties



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

AUGUSTUS KILMER, OF HOWES CAVE,I\IEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,71 l, dated April4, 1876; application led v March 18, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS KILMER, of HowesGave, in the county of Sohoharie and State of New York, have invented anew and valuable Improvement in Bale-Ties 5 and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruetion and operation of the same, reference being` had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this speoitication, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a plan view of mybale-tie, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a per-'speetive view of my bale-tie.

The nature of my invention consists in a baling-Wire having its endstwisted and bent to form ay tie or look for the same, as will behereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawing, A represents a balingavire of suitablethickness, having one end doubled and twisted, forming an eye .or loop,B, as shown. The other end of the wire is also doubled and twisted toform a similar loop, C; but the end of the wire in this ease is returnedto the eye or loop O, and forms a hook, D.

When the Wire A has been drawn around the bale the eye or loop B ispassed from underneath up throughv the loop C far enough to pass thehook D through the projecting part of the loop B. The tension of thebale on the wire prevents the hook D trom coming,` out,

AUGUSTUS KILMER. Witnesses:

M. SOHN, ARTHUR KILMER.

